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“ By the way, it is more difficult to qualify for the World Cup than it used to be

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Tartan Army diehards who had practically given up hope in returning any time soon.

This manager and this group of heroes has created history - and Clarke always had the belief they could one day achieve it.

That faith seeped through to the players, and to a man they pointed to the gaffer rousing the troops like never before with his rallying cry in the team hotel before they set off to Hampden.

Clarke said: "By the way, it is more difficult to qualify for the World Cup than it used to be.

"If you look at the stats, it is really difficult to qualify. It is incredible.

"Even when the boys went to France 98. I wasn't really close to that squad but I always had a little hope that I would get there but I never quite got there.